ZIP 52136 · Cresco
Who lives in ZIP code 52136 (Cresco, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Cresco, IA · Howard County
uszips 2026
People5,840
Median age42.3
Household income$70,778
Home value$158,613
Median rent$713/mo
Poverty9.5%
College degree+21.5%
Commute19 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 11 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,373
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
23.2% are 65 or older; 76.8% are adults.
Household income
31.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $36,927.
Education (adults 25+)
39.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 60.7%
- Never married
- 23.3%
- Divorced
- 11.7%
- Widowed
- 4.3%
- Family size
- 2.84
- Dual-income families
- 51.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.8%
- Rent burden
- 17.6%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.1%
- Unemployment
- 1.3%
- Self-employed
- 15.0%
- Farmers
- 12.1%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 21.2%
- Veterans
- 6.4%
- With a disability
- 12.2%
- No health insurance
- 6.5%
- Limited English
- 0.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.